Politics
Channi asks ECI to postpone polls for Ravidas jayanti
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has urged the Election Commission of India to postpone the February 14 assembly polls by six days in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti. Voting for Punjab’s 117 assembly seats will be held on February 14 and the counting of votes will take...
Bengal civic polls may be deferred by 2 weeks
The West Bengal government may propose to the State Election Commission to postpone elections to four municipal corporations in the state after the Calcutta High Court asked the poll panel to take a call within 48 hours. Sources told News18.com that the government may send a proposal to the...
2,500 SP supporters booked for flouting Covid norms
A case was registered on Friday after a massive crowd, in violation of Covid norms, gathered at the Samajwadi Party office here for the joining-in function of two rebel ministers and some MLAs. The FIR was registered according to the directives of the Election Commission on Covid-related norms, officials...
UP Cong poster girl alleges rigging in ticket distribution
Priyanka Maurya, the poster girl for the Congress party’s campaign ‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’ for Uttar Pradesh polls has alleged that the party’s ticket distribution in the state was rigged. “They (Congress) used my face, my name and my 10 lakh social media followers for the campaign. But...
BJP leader seeks CBI probe into Bengal train derailment
BJP leader Roopa Ganguly on Friday demanded a CBI probe into the derailment of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri and claimed there had been no “bad news” about trains for years, but just ahead of assembly polls an accident has occurred. Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and...
TMC asks leaders not to air views in public
The ’Diamond Harbour model’ of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to contain the spread of COVID-19 in West Bengal has kicked off an inner-party debate and brought out in the open the differences between the old guard and generation next leaders. The party leadership embarassed with the war...
Akhilesh says ‘wickets tumbling and Baba CM has dropped a catch’
Taking a dig at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, while welcoming BJP rebels into the party fold, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said, “Wickets are falling continuously in the BJP. It looks like our Baba chief minister does not know how to play cricket, he has missed the...
BJP’s OBC Morcha bid to counter desertions impact
The BJP has decided to use its OBC morcha to counter the possible negative impact of desertions by backward caste leaders in Uttar Pradesh. The morcha has been tasked with reaching out to leaders of the OBC community at the local level and raising awareness on welfare measures implemented...
BJP to fight 38 out of 40 Goa assembly seats
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which currently rules Goa, has decided to contest 38 out of the total 40 Assembly seats in the state, where elections will be held next month, a senior party functionary said on Friday. Talking to PTI, the office-bearer said that in two constituencies –...
Another OBC leader quits Yogi cabinet; ‘welcomed’ by Akhilesh
In another jolt to the ruling BJP in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, OBC leader Dara Singh Chauhan resigned Wednesday from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet and appeared to be headed towards the Samajwadi Party. A day earlier as BJP leaders brainstormed in Delhi on the UP assembly polls state Labour Minister...
Exodus from UP Cong continues ahead of polls
Despite delightful promises by Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the party continues to face exodus ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections due in February. Senior Congress leader Imran Masood will officially join the Samajwadi Party, along with two other MLAs Naresh Saini (Behat) and Masood Akhtar (Saharanpur). Earlier,...
Kejriwal reveals seat sharing differences with farmers body
Breaking his silence over the failed bid to forge an electoral alliance with farmer outfit Sanyukt Samaj Morcha for the Punjab polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday that “differences over seat-sharing” were the bone of contention. Punjab will go to polls on February 14...
Congress plans digital campaign blitz for 2024
The Election Commission’s decision on digital campaigns this election season and filing nominations online has got many political parties in a bind. Barring the BJP, others, even the Congress, never bothered to understand the future of virtual space and social media to tap voters. Realising that it may be...
BJP puts up a brave face over defections in UP, Goa
The Bharatiya Janata Party appears unfazed by the exit of a few leaders, including ministers and MLAs, ahead of the February-March assembly polls in five states. According to sources, most of these deserters were likely to be denied tickets and that triggered the defections. Senior leaders in the party...
Channi scores a collateral victory in PM security lapse row
Until last week, the top leadership in the Congress was in a bind over Punjab unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu’s insistence on being declared the chief ministerial face for upcoming Punjab elections 2022. Not anymore. Incumbent Charanjit Singh Channi’s handling of the recent fracas over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...
Cong junks reports of possible alliance with TMC for Goa polls
The Congress on Monday debunked all media reports claiming a possible alliance of the party with Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the upcoming Goa elections 2022. Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal called such reports “baseless and untrue” and said the grand old party is “confident” of winning...
Digvijaya says Savarkar had backed two-nation theory
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday used the “termite” analogy to target the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological mentor of the BJP, which he said is damaging the entire system. Speaking to reporters here in Madhya Pradesh, Singh also targeted Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, saying his...
Odisha opposition parties want civic poll defered
Ahead of the Panchayat polls, politics has now heated up in Odisha with major opposition parties like BJP and Congress demanding postponement of the polls in view of the current Covid-19 situation in the State. The ruling party BJD, on the other hand, has demanded the election in due...
